by Rhonda | Oct 27, 2014 | Garage Door Info, Tips for Homeowners
Rust mars the beauty of your garage door. It also compromises the door’s ability to keep dirt and moisture out of your garage. So it’s best to attack garage door rust as soon as you discover it. First, inspect your door carefully for rust. While it can crop up...
by Rhonda | Sep 30, 2014 | Garage Door Security, Tips for Homeowners
Garages are fun places for a kid. There are hiding places to crawl into, shelves and counters to climb, tools to play with and containers to open. Unfortunately, what seems harmless fun to them can lead to fatal accidents. If you have children or grandchildren, you...
by Rhonda | Aug 19, 2014 | Garage Door Openers
In Part 1, we discussed what you can do to fix a garage door opener that has stopped working. In this post on garage door opener troubleshooting, we’ll cover situations where the opener works, but the garage door is not opening or closing properly. Problem 1: Your...
by Rhonda | Aug 6, 2014 | Garage Door Info, Garage Door Openers, Tips for Homeowners
Few machines in your home work harder than your garage door opener. According to Popular Mechanics magazine, the typical U.S. garage door opens and closes about 1,500 times a year. Each operation involves pushing or pulling hundreds of pounds of garage door. Most...
by Rhonda | Jul 14, 2014 | Garage Door Openers, Tips for Homeowners
If you’re a curious soul or a DIYer, it’s good to know how your garage door opener works. It’ll help when shopping for a new one, fixing an old one, or explaining what’s wrong while speaking over the phone to a professional repair person. Three elements work together...
